Being young enough that I don't remember all the antics of Kaufman I can't comment on how well Jim Carrey played him. I did like this movie, and this is a review of the character portrayed in this movie not Andy's life.

I like the way he messed with people. One of my favorite scenes was when he read The Great Gatsby to a bunch of college students after they started chanting for Latka. Andy definitely did things differently from everybody else. Comedic genius? Maybe. I didn't find everything funny, I did enjoy most of it. I liked his philosophy that people take things too seriously and need to lighten up. The inter-gender wrestling champion was hilarious, I found it hard to believe people took him so seriously from the get go. It built up to a great climax, in fine pro-wrestling tradition, with the match with Jerry Lawler (himself). The scene were Andy comes to the stage after Lawler's fantastical entrance with only a sparkler carried by Bob Zmuda (Paul Giamatti) was awesome.

If you liked Kaufman you should definitely see this movie. If you hated Kaufman you should probably see this movie.